3.2 ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dolans Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dolans Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people share a home in Dolans Bay than in most similar areas. This is a family-heavy community where the typical household is much larger than the national figure, and very few people live on their own.
3.2
▲ +3.2%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Dolans Bay — higher than 89% of areas.
| Dolans Bay | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 2229, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With a typical 3.2 people per home, household sizes here are well above the Australian figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that only 11.1% of residents live alone, which is far below the national rate of 25.6%.
11.1% ▲ +27.5%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Dolans Bay splits fairly evenly between 4 people (25%) and 2 people (25%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 72.7%. Only 7.5% of families are headed by a single parent, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
7.5% ▲ +23.9%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dolans Bay, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Dolans Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11268/dolans-bay/topic/family-households